diff --git a/drivers/scsi/libiscsi.c b/drivers/scsi/libiscsi.c
index d69203d19f2c..c84c2a349e28 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/libiscsi.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/libiscsi.c
@@ -2798,11 +2798,9 @@ struct Scsi_Host *iscsi_host_alloc(struct scsi_host_template *sht,
 	ihost = shost_priv(shost);
 
 	if (xmit_can_sleep) {
-		snprintf(ihost->workq_name, sizeof(ihost->workq_name),
-			"iscsi_q_%d", shost->host_no);
-		ihost->workq = alloc_workqueue("%s",
+		ihost->workq = alloc_workqueue("iscsi_q_%d",
 			WQ_SYSFS | __WQ_LEGACY | WQ_MEM_RECLAIM | WQ_UNBOUND,
-			1, ihost->workq_name);
+			1, shost->host_no);
 		if (!ihost->workq)
 			goto free_host;
 	}
diff --git a/include/scsi/libiscsi.h b/include/scsi/libiscsi.h
index cb805ed9cbf1..e76c94697c1b 100644
--- a/include/scsi/libiscsi.h
+++ b/include/scsi/libiscsi.h
@@ -383,7 +383,6 @@ struct iscsi_host {
 	int			state;
 
 	struct workqueue_struct	*workq;
-	char			workq_name[20];
 };
 
 /*